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Secret Rivals Featured on Gigape!
Oxford based four piece,Secret Rivals, have been featured on Gigape.
The indie-pop outfit are due to release their up and coming single, Once More With Heart / I Know Something, early next year.
You can read a bit about the band and listen to Once More With Heart / I Know Something on the Gigape website.
Stay tuned for a free remix of the single which will be available to download next week as well as the excellent tune Panic Don't Panic.
Secret Rivals will be releasing Once More With Heart / I Know Something via It’s All Happening! on 16th January 2012.
The Leisure Society Last.fm pop-up session online!
A few weeks ago, The Leisure Society performed an intimate set for Last.fm and HP at Tamesis Dock.
The band's pop-up session is online now. As well as being able to watch their set, the band chatted to Last.fm about their music, the recording process and what "the power of sound" means to them.
HP and Last.fm announced a partnership earlier this year, celebrating the Beats audio technology that comes with HP Premium PC, laptop and tablet devices through a series of live music events and artist interviews, curated by Last.fm.
After a successful summer of secret pop-up sessions from bands like Slow Club, The Boxer Rebellion and Ghostpoet, Last.fm and HP are back with three more pop-up sessions to bookmark the end of the year as part of their Everybody On global campaign. The first of the planned late 2011 sessions was DELS who played a captivating set at The Lock Tavern, wowing the crowd at this packed out venue with his own unique brand of hip-hop.
Brooklyn based New Yorkers, We Are Augustines, are lined-up for the last free pop-up session of the year. They're due to play The Book Club on December 12th. More information about that very soon!
Keep up to date on HP's "Artists' Lounge" and for the latest information on the pop-up sessions, exclusive content and artist interviews follow HP on Twitter.
Good vibes for Turnpike Glow!
Last week we announced that we're working with new band Turnpike Glow. The Pheonix influenced band comprise of a half Italian, half London mix and are ready to tackle the UK music scene with their first free MP3 offering - "The Turn, The Pike And The Glow". This week Artrocker, FAMEmagazine, Panic Dots and The Pop Stereo where amongst those who've featured the band on their websites along with the aforementioned free MP3 download.
Watch out for an official single, which will be released in early 2012, along with the band's debut EP. Keep checking the A Badge of Friendship website for details.
For more information about Turnpike Glow or our PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com.
The Moth & The Mirror album charts on Any Decent Music!
The Moth & The Mirror's debut album, Honestly, This World has hit no. 5 on the Any Decent Music chart. Their Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 publications. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
The band are currently ahead of acts like Russian Circles and Drake, not bad at all! You can view the chart on Any Decent Music's front page and check out The Moth & The Mirror's page on their website to see which reviews have helped the band reach the top 5.
Honestly, This World is out now on Olive Grove Records and available to buy on the band's Bandcamp page or alternatively you can get it on Amazon or iTunes.
If you'd like more information about this, our PR services or anything else, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com
The Birthday Suit reviewed in AU Magazine!
The Birthday Suit have been reviewed in AU Magazine. The album has scored a brilliant 8/10, with AU calling their debut album - The Eleventh Hour - "tuneful and sharp with a guitar sensibility to swoon for".
If you'd like a little taster of the album, you can download the track "Do You Ever?" from the ABoF Soundcloud page.
The Birthday Suit - Do You Ever? by abadgeoffriendship
The Eleventh Hour is available to buy now for £7.99 via The Birthday Suit's official website.
The Birthday Suit are currently rescheduling their recently postponed UK tour. Keep checking Rod's Facebook and Twitter page for official updates.
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